Capt. James/3 Lane, born 12 Aug 1696 at Billerica, Massachusetts1, married (1), 30 Apr 1719 at Concord, Martha/4a Minot of Concord, daughter of Dr. James/3 Minot and Rebecca/3a Wheeler, with whom he had 9 children.2 (Their siblings Col. James Minot and Martha Lane also married.) She died 18 Jan 1739 at Bedford, where they had settled by 17293, and there he married (2), 10 Jan 1750/51, Martha (Mary) Wellington4, who died there ["1st wife" in death rec.] 3 Jul 1762.5 He married (3), 9 Aug 1763 at Lexington, Cherry/4 Adams, daughter of Joseph/3 Adams and Margaret Eames, and widow of Jonathan Stone and Thomas Wellington6,7, who died at Bedford 16 Dec 1764, a. 67.8 He married (4), 27 May 1766 at Billerica, Mrs. Abigail Farmer9,10, who died at Bedford 25 Feb 1773.11 Finally, he married (5), 20 Jan 1774 at Bedford, Abigail/4 Hayward, widow of Lt. John/4 Merriam.12 James Lane died at Bedford 11 Apr 1783, a. 86.13 He is interred in the Old Burying Ground, where his epitaph reads, Death, steady to his purpose from ye womb, | Pursues till we are driven to the tomb! | O reader, wisely lay this thought to heart, | And seek an interest in the better part: | Then when you close in death your mortal eyes | Your soul may rise & reign above ye skies.14

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[S300] Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, 122, James Laine b.